The '''White Army''' was an army raised in Western [[Russia]] to oppose [[Vladimir Ilyich Lenin|Lenin's]] [[Red Guards]] other external groups also arose in to fight the Red Guards including the [[anarchism|anarchist]] [[Black Army]]. At first successful, they ultimately lost to the Red Army. The colour white is a symbol of the russian-[[Orthodox|orthodox]] church.
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The '''White Army''' was an army raised in Western [[Russia]] to oppose [[Vladimir Ilyich Lenin|Lenin's]] [[Red Guards]] other external groups also arose in to fight the Red Guards including the [[anarchism|Anarchist]] movement under [[Nestor Makhno]]. At first successful, they ultimately lost to the Red Army. The colour white is a symbol of the Russian-[[Orthodox|Orthodox]] church.